Eileen Margaret O'Brien Heller

Published: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 5:08 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 5:08 p.m.

Eileen Margaret O'Brien Heller, 81, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at the Hospice Home at High Point.

A celebration of her life will be at a later date at St. Anthony Catholic Church.

She was born March 16, 1931, in Columbus, Ohio, to Charles and Irene Hamilton O'Brien.

After spending her early years on a farm in Xenia, Ohio, she moved to St. Petersburg, Fla., in the eighth grade.

Later marrying her first husband who she met on a blind date, she moved to Hollywood, Fla., where she raised her four children. She was preceded in death by her second husband, Harold Heller; her parents; and brothers Robert Frances and Charles John O'Brien.

Eileen lived in Brooksville, Fla., and was involved in the St. Anthony's Women's Club, music club, handbells, taught CCD, Audubon Society, Garden Club (a Master Gardener), Red Hat Society and volunteered at Day Star Life Center since its inception in 1983.

<p>Eileen Margaret O'Brien Heller, 81, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at the Hospice Home at High Point. </p><p>A celebration of her life will be at a later date at St. Anthony Catholic Church.</p><p>She was born March 16, 1931, in Columbus, Ohio, to Charles and Irene Hamilton O'Brien.</p><p>After spending her early years on a farm in Xenia, Ohio, she moved to St. Petersburg, Fla., in the eighth grade.</p><p>Later marrying her first husband who she met on a blind date, she moved to Hollywood, Fla., where she raised her four children. She was preceded in death by her second husband, Harold Heller; her parents; and brothers Robert Frances and Charles John O'Brien.</p><p>Eileen lived in Brooksville, Fla., and was involved in the St. Anthony's Women's Club, music club, handbells, taught CCD, Audubon Society, Garden Club (a Master Gardener), Red Hat Society and volunteered at Day Star Life Center since its inception in 1983.</p><p>She is survived by her sister, Mary Kay (Ed) Thornton; son James (Karen Brady) Blanz; daughters Pam (Rick) Mathis of Midway, Cathy Blanz and Karen Shumway; grandchildren Bethany Blanz (Eliot) New, Nathan (Katie) Mathis, Stephen Mathis, Anna Mathis, Andrew Shumway, Emma Shumway and Geoff Shumway; great-grandson Benjamin New; and the best group of friends a person could ask for. </p><p>A heartfelt thanks to all who cared for her.</p><p>In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice House at High Point, 1803 Westchester Drive, High Point, NC 27262.</p><p>"Yet true Godliness with contentment is itself great wealth." 1 Timothy 6:6.</p>